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LOYAL PUBLICATION SOCIETY, 

863 BKOADWAY. 

JTo. 44. 

PROCEEDINGS 

AT THE 

FIRST ANNIVERSARY MEETING 

OF THE 



FJESBUAMT 13, 1864, 



WITH THE ANNUAL REPORTS, 



PREPARED BY ORDER OF THE SOCIETY, 



BT THE 6ECEETARY. 



NEW YORK: 
Published by the Loyal Publication Society. 

1864. P 



/• ,-, 



61603 



REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS 



FIBST ANNIVERSARY MEETING- 



LOYAL PUBLICATION SOCIETY, 



The Loyal Publication Society held its eleventh regular and 
first anniversary meeting on the evening of Saturday, February 
13, 1864, at the rooms of the Society, 863 Broadway. 

In the absence of the President Mr. Ciiaeles Butler was 
called to the chair. 

Dr. Lieber addressed the Society, and laid before it a letter 
from the Hon. Charles King, L. L. 1)., resigning his position as 
President of the Society. 

Dr. Lieber stated that Mr, King had expressed to him his ver- 
bal regret that it had not been in his power to pay a more re- 
gular attention to the duties of his position, but that continued 
ill-health had deprived him of that pleasure. 

On motion the letter of Mr. King was received and ordered 
to be spread upon the minutes, and the resignation was accepted. 

The Secretary was requested to acknowledge the letter of Mr. 
King, and to express the regret of the Society, both for the re- 
signation of and the causes which rendered it necessary. 

The Secretary, Mr. John Austin Stevens, Jr., then tendered 
bis resignation as permanent Secretary, stating that he desired 
to leave the Society entirely free in its selection of oflicers for 
the coming year. 



On motion tlic resignation of the Secretary was also accepted. 
He was requested to serve jfjro iewjyore. 

The minutes of the first meeting of the Society and tlie Bye- 
laws were then read. 

The minutes of the hist reguhir meeting were tlicn read and 
approved. 

On motiou of Mr. Blodgett, seconded by ;^^r. Lowrcy and 
numerons others, Dr. Fkancis Lieber was unanimously elected 
President of the Society, in place of Mr. Charles King, resigned. 

Dr. Lieher was conducted to the Chair and addressed the 
Society : 

Address of Dr. Lieeer. 

Dr. Lieber said that he thanked the Society very warmly for 
the honor they were bestowing npon him, by placing him in the 
chair of a Society which, he believed, had become "an efficient 
aid and agent in the promotion of that great canse for which 
om- country is now waging one of the gravest wars in all 
history— for the name and existence of om- nation. His grat- 
itude could only be measured by the importance he attached to 
this unpretending yet active Society, which, he thought, had done 
well dm-ing the first year of its existence, inspiring the hope of 
increased success. Without indulging in any unmanly self- 
gratulation, he thought there was good reason for satisfaction. 
With comparatively very small means, they had published and 
distributed more than 500,000 pamphlets— fairly printed and 
fairly bound. If, in addition, the expense of postage, of rent, :. 
and of the salaries of two agents, were taken into account, the * 
amount of publication would certainly present itself as no in- ^ 
considerable item. As to the substance of the publications, the 
speaker had reviewed the whole as impartially as he would 
criticise any given work in his avocation as a scholar. And he 
must frankly state that he believed two-thirds of their publica- 
tions, perhaps three-fourths, to be papers of substance and 
merit, while none breathed a spirit that was not truly loyal 
and patriotic. 

As to the conduct of the committees, he must state that 



it had been active, harmonious, chacterized by that most ne- 
cessary of all attributes, efficient action — sound common 
sense, and bj freedom from egotism or petty rivalry — con- 
Biderations which would appear the more weighty, if his 
hearers would reflect that however earnest and single-minded 
every member was in the pursuit of their noble object, there 
was, nevertheless, no closely defined rule, no formula, no absolute 
guide by which the action of the Society could be directed or 
circumscribed, and that all their doings must ultimately rest 
upon and be tested by unflagging and untainted patriotism, 
plain common sense, unwearied attention and devoted candor. 
!Ko distinction, no post of honor, no pecuniary reward, no in- 
dividual elevation, no promotion of interest, no party advan- 
tages, could be obtained by the members of this Society. If 
any distinction can be obtained through the Society, it is the 
distinction of the writers, but not that of the distributors of their 
papers, who can find their reward only in the consciousness that 
they act well by their country. With these reflections and 
animating hopes, he gladly and confidently assumed the pre- 
Eidency, conscious that eveiw member would do his best to assist 
him in the discharge of his duties. 

On motion, the Chairman was requested to designate the Com- 
mittee for the ensuing year. (See close of Export.) 

On motion of Mr. George Gibbs, Mr. Joists ArsxiN Stevens, 
Jr., was unanimously re-elected Seceetaet of the SociETr. 

Mr. Stevens expressed his thanks for the honor done him. 

The Report of the Treasurer, Mr. Morris Ket<ihum, was pre- 
sented, accepted, and ordered to be spread on the minutes. 

On motion the thanks of the Society were ordered to be ren- 
dered to Mr. Morris Xetchum for the manner in which he had 
performed his duties. 

On motion Mr. Moeeis Ketchum was unanimously re-elected 

TeEASEEEE of THE SoCTETT. 

The Secretary of the Society read a general Eeport, which was 
accepted, adopted and ordered to be spread upon the minutes. 
Mr. G. P. Lowrey, Secretary of the Publication Committee, 



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submitted a Report which, on motion, was accepted and ordered 
to be spread upon the minutes. 

Mr. W. T. Blodgett, Chairman of the Executive Committee, 
read a Report, which, on motion, was accepted and ordered to 
be spread upon the minutes. 

The thanks of the Society were then voted to the several 
Officers and Committees of the Society. 

The Secretary called the attention of the Society to the need 
of some further rule concerning membership, whereupon, on mo- 
tion of Mr. W. C. Church, it was unanimously 

Iiesolved, — That all nominations for membership be hereafter 
referred to a Committee of three, to be designated as a perma- 
nent Committee for the ensuing year, with mstructions to re- 
port at next regular meeting. 

The Chair named as such Committee — Messrs. John Austin 
Stevens, Jr., T. B. Coddington and George Gibbs. 

The President called the attention of the Society to the fact, 
that the resolution adopted at the organization of the Society 
might be modified to advantage, and submitted the following 
resolution as declaratory of its object to be hereafter considered 
as the law of the Society, and to be printed upon its pamphlets. 

He proposed the following resolution, which was unanimously 
adopted and ordered to be prefixed to the publications of the 
Society. 

Declaratory Resolution. 

The object of the Society is expressed in the following reso- 
lution, formally adopted by unanimous vote of the Society, at 
the first anniversary meeting, February 13, 186-i. 

Besolved and declaTed^ That the object of the Loyal Publica- 
tion Society is, and shall be, to publish and distribute tracts, 
papers and journals, of unquestionable loyalty, throughout the 
United States, in the cities and the country, in the army and 
navy, and in hospitals, thus to diftuse knowledge and stimulate 
a broad national patriotism, and to aid in the suppression of the 



Rebellion by the extinction of its causes, and in the preservation 
of the integrity of the Nation, by counteracting the efforts of 
the advocates of a disgraceful and disintegrating Peace. 

The President designated the following Committees for the 
ensuing year : 

Finance Committee. 

James A, Eoosevelt, Chairman. 

T. B. Coddington, "William E. Dodge, Jr. 

David Dows, Jackson S. Schultz, 

Levi P. Morton. 

Publication Committee. 

James McKaye, Chairman. 
Grosvenor P. Lowrey, John Austin Stevens, Jr., 

Dr. F. Schutz, Charles Astor Bristed, 

George P. Putnam, Theodore G. Glaubensklee. 

Executive Comivhttee. 
"William T. Blodgett, Chairman. 
Christian E. Detmold, J. Butler Wright, 

George Gibbs, LeGrand B. Cannon, 

Sinclair Tousey, W. C. Church, 

Charles Butler, Burr W. Griswold. 

After some further debate and the passage of some resolutions 
affecting the working the Committees, the Society adjourned. 



A true extract from the minutes. 

John Austin Stevens, Jr., 

Secretary. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



The Loyal Publication Society was organized on the evening 
of Saturday, 14th February, 1863, at a meeting of gentlemen 
held at the house of Mr. Charles Butler. 

Great public anxiety had been manifested at the persistent 
efforts which were making to spread disloyal journals and 
documents through the armies of the United States— and several 
preliminary consultations had taken place, as to the best means 
of counteracting their influence. 

While these consultations were in progress, the exposure of 
the plan adopted at the " Delmonico meeting,"* to continue and 
increase the issue of this class of publications by the formation 
a *' Society for the diffusion of political knowledge," hastened 
the deliberations of the loyal gentlemen, and the result was the 
formation of the Society whose first anniversary we now cele- 
brate. 

The Society organised under the name of the Loyal Publica- 
Tioxx Society— Mr. Charles King was unanimously elected per- 
manent President, and Mr. John Austin Stevens, Jr., perma- 
nent Secretary. 

The following resolution was unanimously adopted as the 
fundamental law of the^ Society : 

Besolved,~Th^i the object of this organization is and shall 
be confined to the distribution of journals' and documents of 
unquestionable and unconditional loyalty throughout the United 
btates, and particularly in the armies now ebgaged in the sup- 
pression of the rebellion, and to counteract as far as practicable 
the efforts now being made by the enemies of the Government 
and the advocates of a disgraceful Peace, to circulate journals 
and documents of a disloyal character. 



* A meeting held at the hotel of Mr. Delmonico, on the evening of Feb. 13, 1863. 



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To cany into effect tliese objects three Standing Committees 
were appointed, with general powers : 

A Finance Committee of twelve, with power to elect a Trea- 
surer. 

A Publication Committee of seven. 
An Executive Committee of nine. 

Each of these Committees with power to fill vacancies and add 
to their number in their own discretion. 

A Special Committee was appointed to visit Washington and 
make the necessary arrangements for the transmission to the 
army of loyal documents. 

Suitable rooms were taken and fitted up at 8G3 Broadway. 

The three Committees held a joint session on the 14th March, 
and appointed a Committee of three to revise a plan of opera- 
tion which had been submitted by the Executive Committee. 

The following plan of operation was adopted, in accordance 
with their report. This plan has always since served as 

The By-Laws of the Society. 

I. The Title of the Society is the Loyal Publication Society. 

II. The objects of the Society are expressed in the following 
resolution, formally adopted by the unanimous vote of the So- 
ciety at its first meeting, 14 February, 1863 : 

" Resolved., That the object of this organization is and shall 
" be confined to the distribution of Jouknals and Documents of 
" unquestionable and unconditional loyalty throughout the 
" United States, and particularly in the armies now engaged in 
" the suppression of the Rebellion., and to counteract, as far a3 
" possible, the efforts now being made by the enemies of the 
" Government and the advocates of a disgraceful Peace., to cir- 
" culate journals and documents of a disloyal character." 

III. The ofiicers of the Society are — 

A President, permanently chosen ; 



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A Secretary, permanently chosen ; 
A Treasurer ; 

A Finance Committee of Twelve'; 
A Publication Committee of Seven ; 
An Executive Committee of Nine. 

lY. Eacli of tlie Committees Las power to fill vacancies and 
to add to its number. 

V. The Finance Committee collect the funds necessary for the 
operation of the Society. 

One of their number, selected by themselves, is the Treasurer 
of the Society. He shall pay out of the funds of the Society all 
bills approved as correct by the Chairmen of the three Com- 
mittees. 

YI. The Publication Committee shall select for distribution 
Buch newspapers and documents, and shall prepare or cause to 
be prepared, such articles, papers, or pamphlets, as will best pro- 
mote, in their judgment, the object of the Society. 

YII. The Executive Committee shall properly distribute the 
newspapers and other printed matter furnished for that purpose 
by the Publication Committee. They shall, in the first instance, 
mainly direct their attention to see that the different Army 
Corps are properly supplied with the reading matter provided 
by the Publication Committee. 

YIII. Each committe may adopt rules for its own govern- 
ment. 

IX. The chairmen of the Finance, Publication and Executive 
Committees, should, at stated periods, audit the accounts of the 
treasurer, and their certificate shall be his full acquittance. 

X. The extent of expenditures shall be always limited by the 
financial resources of the Society, and no debts shall be incurred 
beyond the actual cash in the hands of the treasurer. 

XI. The secretary of the Society shall keep full record of the 



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minutes of all proceedings and of all meetings of the Society, 
and sliall be custodian of its arcliives. 

At a later meeting, tliis plan was so altered as to give to tlie 
executive committee tlie cliarge of all printing, provided that no 
less than the number of documents ordered by the publication 
committee, shall be printed. 

Under the foregoing simple rules, the operations of the Society 
have been effectively and harmoniously conducted. 

A Society had been organized in Boston, which especially 
devoted itself to the distribution to the Press of the country, of 
loyal articles, and to the obtaining of their wide re-publication. 
At the instance of the New York Society, this organization was 
induced to adopt the title of the New England Loyal Publica- 
tion Society. These two kindred societies, exchanging constant 
advice, and adopting different branches of usefulness, have 
always sustained close and friendly relations. 

Mutual exchanges have also been constantly made with the 
Board of Publication of the Union League Club of Philadelphia, 
and other loyal organizations in different parts of the^ country. 

The Leagues have been found to be admirable distributors of 
the docume'Jits printed, and by their aid the Society has the 
power to distribute, in a very short period, a very large number 
of each pamphlet to which it may be desirable to give a rapid 
and wide circulation. 

At the meeting of the 21st March, it was 

Resolved, That all persons contributing funds for the opera- 
tion of this Society, may become members on nomination and 
election, and that their names should be reported at the first 
general meeting. 

The rooms of the Society being open day and night, soon be- 
came the resort of numbers of visitors desirous of ascertaining 
the mode of operation of the Society, and of obtaining documents 
on various subjects. 

To meet a very general demand, Mr. George Gibbs laid the 
basis of what is rapidly becoming a very valuable collection of 



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tLe fugitive pamplilets of the day, by presenting the Society 
with a large number of those ah-eady publislied. 

Early after the formation of the society, at a meeting held on 
the 14th of March, at the suggestion of Mr. Butler, Messrs. Bristed 
and McKaye were named a committee to prepare a proper vote 
of thanks and recognition to Messrs. Gasparin, Laboulaye, and 
other friends of the United States in France, and to Messrs. 
John Bright, John Stuart Mill, Xewman Hall, Richard Cobden, 
B. Dicey, J. F. Cairnes, and others, in England, for their sup- 
port of the cause of the United States. 

These letters were prepared, and adopted by the Society, 
through the committee, to whom they were referred with power 
Messrs. Butler, Bristed, and McKaye. ' 

The Loyal mtional League having, by resolution passed on 
the 23d March, requested that these letters should be submitted 
for adoption at the great mass meeting to be held on the 11th 
April, in Union Square, they were so read and adopted. 

That to the friends of America in France has recently been 
replied to in an admirable letter, signed by Messrs. Gasparin, 
Laboulaye, Martin, and Cochin (and drafted by the eminent 
Gasparin himself), which is one of the most recent of the publi- 
cations of the Society. 

In April a plan was submitted to the Society to aid in the 
establishment of " an Amiy and ^NTavy Journal," under certain 
guarantees on the part of the editor as to the general character 
of the journal and its retention in loyal hands, and under the 
auspices of this society, aided by the Loyal Publication Society 
of New England, and the Union League Club of Philadelphia, 
this well-conducted and deserving journal was soon established. 
Its influence is daily increasing, and it promises to be of great 
and permanent usefulness to both branches of the service, as well 
as advantageous to the public at large, by presenting to them well 
dijested and careful criticisms and accounts of military and 
naval movements. 

The following were the resolutions adopted in reference to this 
Bubject : 



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Resolved, That this Society heartily endorses the enterprise 
for the establishment of an Army and Navy Journal, under- 
taken l)y Captain W. C. Church, being satisfied that while 
meeting the need very generally recognised of a paper adequately 
representing the immence interests now centered in the two 
branches of the public service, the journal will be conducted 
with such ability and upon such principles as cannot foil to 
make it a principal instrument for the promotion in our army 
and navy of that spirit of earnest patriontism and unconditional 
loyalty which is essential to enduring militory means. 

Mesolved, That this Society accepts of the guarantees they 
have received as sufficient assurance that they can commend the 
new paper to the public favor with entire confidence that it will 
be kept true to the principle upon w'hich it is established ; and 
that it will not be suffered to pass into other hands than those of 
the original proprietors without its concent. 

Resolved, That the Executive Committee of this Society be 
directed to subscribe for one hundred copies of the Army and 
Navy Journal (published by Captain Church,) for one year, and 
that the treasurer be directed to pay in advance for the same, 
and we cordially commend the new paper to similar societies in 
other cities as eminently worthy of their recognition and 
support. 

The Boston and Philadelphia Societies having immediately 
acted on this recommendation, the journal rapidly grew into 
public favor. 

Dr. Lieber having presented a design for a seal for the Society, 
the same was adopted by the publication and Executive Com- 
mittee. The design, that of an eagle surrounded by a circle 
of interwoven stars and surmounted with the motto " Our 
Country." 

During the existence of the Society about $10,000 have been 
raised ; forty-two pamphlets have been printed by the Society, 
of which many have been expressly written for it, and four 



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hundred tliousand have been distributed, besides a large amount 
of exchanges on all sent for distribution. This sum includes 
the amount of $2,842 which was generously contributed by the 
Union League Club in November last. 

The special reports of the Committees show the detailed ope- 
rations of the Society. It is now extending its influence in all 
directions, and the sanction of its seal and name is sought for in 
all quarters. 

It has recently made arrangements for a thorough distribu- 
tion of loyal documents to the leaders of liberal opinion in 
England. 

During the past year the Society has been at times in serious 
embarrassment, the demand upon it having been so frequent 
and large, and the position of pubhc affairs at times so critical, 
as to tax its utmost efforts. During the coming year the demand 
will be, perhaps, less urgent, the political campaign requiring 
a large increase of loyal matter outside of the action of this 
Society. 

'No doubt the Society will be called upon to publish largely 
for the various loyal political bodies now organising to foster 
the views of particular candidates, and there seems to be no 
reason why the Society should not freely publish all that is 
loyal in character while understood to be accountable for no 
special views or to be interested in any special candidate. 
KespectfuUy submitted. 

JonN Austin Stevens, Jr., 

Secretary of the Society. 
February 13, 1864. 



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REPORT OF THE PUBLICATION 
COMMITTEE. 



The Committee on Publications respectfully submit a sum- 
mary of tlieir operations during the past year. 

The Committee was originally composed of Seven members. 
Francis Lieber, Cliairman. 
James McKaye, Charles Astor Bristed, 

John Austin Stevens, Jr., Wolcott Gibbs, 
Grosvenor P. Lowrey, Benj. D. Silliman. 

Two of these, Mr. "Wolcott Gibbs, and Mr. B. D. Silliman hav- 
ing resigned, under the power of the Committee to add to their 
number, Mr. George Putnam, and Mr. Theodore G. Glaubens- 
klee were elected, members of this Committee. 

The Committee has held (39) thirty-nine sessions : there have 
been presented for its consideration (106) one hundred and six 
documents or articles consisting of manuscripts, selected, and 
other matter ; and of these (51) fifty-one have after examination 
been reported upon favourably, and passed to the Executive 
Committee to be printed, but at times the low state of the 
funds of the society not permitting their being immediately put 
into the printer's hand, nine have been superseded by other 
matter of more recent date, and more immediate interest. 

Of the remaining thirty-nine (39) subjects before the Com- 
mittee, twelve (12) have been printed as slips or single sheets, 
and the rest dropped or laid over for further consideration. 

It will be seen by the following table therefore that there 
have been passed and j)i'inted forty-three (43) pamphlets and 
twelve (12) different sheets or slips. 



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List of Publications. 

No. 1. Future of the Northwest. By Bobert Dale Owen. 

2. Echo from the Army. Extracts from Letters of Soldiers. 

3. Union Mass Meeting, Cooper Institute, March 6, 1863. Speeches 

of Brachj, Van Buren, dc. 

4. Three Voices : the Soldier, Farmer and Poet. 

5. Voices from the Army. Letters and Resolutions of Soldiers. 

6. Northern True Men. Addresses of Connecticut Soldiers — Ex- 

tracts from Richmond Journals. 

7. Speech of Major-General Butler. Academy of Music, New York, 

April 2, 1863. 

8. Separation ; War without End. Ud, Lahoulaye. 

9. The Venom and the Antidote. Copperhead declarations. Sol- 

diers letters. 

10. A few words in behalf of Loyal Women of the United States 

By One of Themselves. 

11. No Failure for the North. Atlantic Monthly/. 

12. Address to King Cotton. Eugene Pelletan. 

13. How a Free People conduct a long War. Stille. 

14. The Preservation of the Union, a National Economic Necessity. 

15. Elements of Discords in Secessia. By William Alexander^ Usg., 

of Texas. 

16. No Party now, but all for our Country. Francis Lieher. 

17. The Cause of the War. Col. Charles Anderson. 

18. Opinions of the early Presidents and of the Fathers of the Repub- 

lic upon Slavery, and upon Negroes as Men and Soldiers. 

19. Grinljeit unb £xt\\]t\U uOn ^ttvxawn tlafter. 

20. Military Despotism ! Suspension of the Habeas Corpus ! &c, 

21. Letter addressed to the Opera-House Meeting, Cincinnati. By 

Cul. Charles Anderson. 

22. Emancipation is Peace. By Robert Dale Owen. 

23. Letter of Peter Cooper on Slave Emancipation. 

24. Patriotism. Sermon by the Mev. Jos. Fransioli,of St. Peter's 

(Catholic) Church, Brooklyn. 

25. The Conditions of Reconstruction. By Robert Dale Oiven, 

26. Letter to the President. By Gen. A. J. Hamilton, of Texas. 

27. Nullification and Compromise : a Retrospective View. By John 

Mason Williams. 

28. The Death of Slavery. Letter from Peter Cooper to Gov. Sey- 



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29. Slavery Plantations and the Yeomanry. Francis Lieber. 

30. Rebel Conditions of Peace. Extracts from Richmond Journals. 

31. Address of the Loyal Leagues, Utica, October 20, 18G3. 

32. "War Power of the President— Summary Imprisonment, By 

J. Heermans. 
83. The Two Ways of Treason. 

34. The Monroe Doctrine. By Edward Everett, &c. 

35. The Arguments of Secessionists. Francis Lieber. 

36. Prophecy and Fulfillment, Letter of A. H, Stephens — Address 

of E. W, Gantt. 

37. How the South Rejected Compromise, &c. Speech of Mr. Chase 

in Peace Conference of 1861. 

38. Letters on our National Struggle. By Brigadier- General 

Thomas Meagher. 

39. Bible View of Slavery, by John H. Hopkins, D. D., Bishop of the 

Diocese of Vermont. Examined by Henry Drisler. 

40. The Conscription Act : a Series of Articles. By Geo. B. Butler, 

41. Reponse de M. M, De Gasparin, Laboulaye, &c. 

42. Reply of Messrs. Gasparin, Laboulaye, and others. 

43. ^nttDort ber ^txxtn ?Ile (Sasparin, Caboulage, inortin, 

(JTocliin, an bic Cojial 53'aticrnal %ta%nt. 

The sizes of the respective pamphlets are as follows : 

14 pamphlets of 4 to 8 pages, 
14 " "8 to 16 " 

12 " " 16 to 24 " 

3 " " 24 to 48 " 

43 pamphlets, 
or in the aggregate 720 pages of printed matter exclusive of 
the covers. 

The first twelve pamphlets were issued without covers, but 
after discussion with the Executive Committee it was agreed to 
place a neat cover, uniform in appearance and colour, on all 
future publications and reprints, and Dr. Lieber, at the request 
of the society, has furnished a design for a seal, which is now 
imprinted on all the covers of the pamphlets. 
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The AYork of tlie Committee has been conducted in tlie greatest 
harmony, and they trust that the matter selected by them for 
the accomplishment of the object for which the Society was 
organized has been found acceptable. 

Feancis Liebee, 
Chairman. 

G. P. LOAVEEY, 

Secretary. 
New York, 13th February, 1864. 



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REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE 
COMMITTEE. 



The Executive Committee beg leave to present the following 
report : 

The committee, as originally constituted, consisted of ten mem- 
bers; but several having resigned, or ceased to attend the 
meetings, the names of Messrs. J. A. Koosevelt, Sinclair Tousey, 
and W. C. Church have been added. 

The Committee under whose charge the business has been 
done, consists of — 

"William T. Blodgett, Chairman. 

Christian E. Detmold, Sinclair Tousey, 

George Gibbs, W. C. Church, 

James A. Koosevelt. 

One object, as expressed in the organizution of the Society, 
was to distribute loyal documents to the armies engaged in sup- 
pressing the rebellion. To this end, between the 23d of Feb- 
ruary and the 4:th of April, 1863, there were sent to Washington, 
for distribution to the Army of the Kappahannock, 36,000 
journals and publications, at a cost of $939. 

The pamphlets published by the Society have been distributed 
in every accessible State, sparsely in some, as Massachusetts and 
Pennsylvania (which were considered to be amply provided 
with the means of publication), largely in others, whenever 
particular circumstances or occasion demanded. 



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The total number of documents published and distributed by 
the Society is about 400,000, at a cost of $10,211 46, including 
all contingent expenses. Of these pamphlets, 
302,000 were pamphlets of 4 to 44 pages. 
27,000 were single sheets or slips. 
55,000 were newspapers and serials. 
In, addition, a large number of publications have been dis- 
tributed which were sent to us for that purpose. 

The recipients of the publications have been, through express 
or mail, 

649 Union Leagues and Associations, 
474 Ladies' Associations, 
2,160 Private individuals, 
744 Editors, 
And the soldiers in the army. 

The portion sent to the various States was as follows : 

For the State of New York 68,750 Documents. 

" Indiana 65,400 " 

« " Louisiana 15,'560 " 

" " Ohio 16,850 " 

« " Kentucky 4,720 " 

« " Connecticut 14,950 " 

" " Maryland 18,300 

" " Pennsylvania 7,570 " 

" " Virginia 3,255 " 

" " New Jersey 7,227 " 

Dist.of Cohmibia.. 5,600 " 

In September last the committee issued a price list of the cost 
of the paper and printing of each pamphlet. Prom sale there 
have been since received $163 76, chiefly in small sums under 
$2. These sales will undoubtedly greatly increase, as there are 
indications that many organizations will largely avail themselves 
of the publications of the Society to distribute them tinder their 
own imprint, which the Committee ofler to place on the 
pamphlets on their ordering a certain nmnber. We have now 
orders for over 11,000 from the State of Pennsylvania. 

The last change in the postal laws having increased the 



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charge for printed matter from one to two cents, the editors of 
newspapers have not so frequently received our publications. It 
would be a great boon if the franking privilege of some member 
of Congress could be used. 

The rent of the rooms at present occupied by the Society has 
been paid up to the 1st of May next. For the forthcoming year 
the landlord requires $700, which is an advance of $200. 

In concluding their report, the committee would remark, that 
although during the present year the uncertainty of the re- 
sources of the Society has at times caused them to halt in their 
progress, yet they view with entire satisfaction the work 
achieved with the means at their disposal ; the progress the 
Society has made in the confidence and estimation of the 
people, and the great good they are convinced it has accom- 
plished. A few letters on the table, emanating from all classes, 
bear this testimony. 

An eminent gentleman writes, under date of 3d inst. : 

" Your Society is doing good service in distributing so many 
" pages of sound discussion, and telling rejoinders to the reck- 
" less shallowness of our country's enemies. Light comes from 
" the East. We of the "West can do little better, as yet, than 
" to reverently receive and walk by it." 

Another writes ; 

" They (the Society's publications) are well calculated to en- 
" lighten the masses, whose hearts are always right, but whose 
" judgment has been misled by wily and base demagogues." 

From Ohio : 

" We found your pamphlets exceedingly valuable at the late 
« election." 

William T. Blodgett, 
Chairman. 
Chakles Pontez, 

Secretary jpro tern. 



SUBSCRIBEKS TO THE FUNDS 



LOYAL PUBLICATION SOCIETY, 



Setli B. Hunt $500 00 

C. A. Bristed 600 00 

Morris Ketcliiim 500 00 

Tlio. N. Dale 375 00 

W. T. Blodgett 250 00 

Phelps, Dodge & Co 250 00 

J. Butler Wriglit 250 00 

Benj. H. Hutton 200 00 

John T. Gray 200 00 

C. E. Detmold 200 00 

George Griswold 200 00 

Chas. Butler 200 00 

James McKaye 200 00 

Joseph Ripley 200 00 

C. Y. S. Eoosevelt 150 00 

Peter Cooper 105 00 

L. P. Morton 100 00 

W. F. Cary 100 00 

J. W. Paige & Co 100 00 

E. B. Minturn 100 00 

Israel Corse 100 00 

C. H. Marshall 100 00 

W. C. Bryant & Co 100 00 

R. L. Kennedy 100 00 

Jno. D. Wolfe 100 00 

Carried forward $5,180 00 



Brought forward $6,180 00 

J. A. Eoosevelt 50 00 

T. B. Coddington 50 00 

C. J. & F. W. Coggill 50 00 

W. C. Noyes 50 00 

P. Naylor 50 00 

J. M. Fiske & Co 50 00 

L. T. Warner 50 00 

Sherman & Wilbert 50 00 

Pierson & Co 50 00 

John Jay 50 00 

Charles Gonld 50 00 

Charles E. Butler 50 00 

David Dows 50 00 

James Lenox 50 00 

Cammann & Co 50 00 

Francis Lieber 45 00 

Edgar Ketchum 40 00 

G. C. Ward 30 00 

Walter Langdon 25 00 

John K. Harris 25 00 

George Richmond 25 00 

Joseph Brown 25 00 

Cash 25 00 

Thomas Hitchcock 25 00 

S. M. Hitchcock 25 00 

A. L. Hitchcock 25 00 

D. A. Cushman 25 00 

J. E. Williams 25 00 

Tompkins & Co 25 00 

William Borden 25 00 

Paul Spofford 25 00 

E. W. Dunham 25 00 

D. D. Smith 25 00 

J. & W. Kirkland 25 00 

P. M. Irving 25 00 

G. P. Putnam 25 00 

Carried forward $6,495 00 



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Brouglit forward $6,495 00 

E. T. Kice 25 00 

Pcark & Tilford 25 00 

Mattison & McCoy 25 00 

Henry Sedgwick 25 00 

Crommelin, Curtis & Co 25 00 

Wilkinson & Co 25 00 

W. H. Fogg 25 00 

J. S. Sclinltz 25 00 

White & Douglas 25 00 

Mr. Leonard 25 00 

D. B. Fuller 25 00 

Cash 25 00 

F. A. Carpenter 15 00 

S. Curley 10 00 

T. B. Marsh , 10 00 

Gerrit Smith 10 00 

S. Stansbury 5 00 

Cash 5 00 

Union League Club 2,842 75 

* Total subscriptions $9,692 75 



* This does not include the amount received from Leagues and other organiza- 
tions in payment for pamphlets ordered from the Society. 



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